CHEM-E0155 - AMIS Summer School, Lecture, 9.6.2025-28.7.2025

Please note! Course description is confirmed for two academic years, which means that in general, e.g. Learning outcomes, assessment methods and key content stays unchanged. However, via course syllabus, it is possible to specify or change the course execution in each realization of the course, such as how the contact sessions are organized, assessment methods weighted or materials used.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The aim of the AMIS Summer School is to: 

  • Develop the students' knowledge on creativity and innovation techniques upon hands-on practices for case studies based on the Inno-Project topics 
  • Develop their knowledge on employing a concept of Design Thinking with an entrepreneurial toolbox for comprehensive problem-solving approaches to result in innovative products/services 
  • Develop and utilize their knowledge on advanced materials and technologies to bring added value to products/services having sustainability in product and market wises 
  • Learn to communicate, work and innovate in close relation and collaboration with students and entrepreneurial teachers upon intensive brainstorming 
  • Create interfaces with other students and company representatives that are vital for team belonging, entrepreneurial mindset and networking 
  • Develop presentation and communication skills via management and team working and pitching for academic and commercial audiences. 

AMIS Summer School is also an important networking event for students with academic staff. 

Credits: 3

Schedule: 09.06.2025 - 28.07.2025

Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):

Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Jaana Vapaavuori

Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):

CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):

Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):

Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English

CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD

Content

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    The programme includes lectures, presentations, group work and hands on activities. The AMIS Summer School program is built around students working on commercialization of technologies and products in Europe. The technologies or products that the students work on are provided by case companies operating in some of the industries covered by the Raw materials KIC. 


    The overall program consists of 4 parts: 

    1. Innovation and Entrepreneurship pre-study on-line module. The module is implemented based on the I&E Online learning material of EIT Digital. Workload 10 hours, 1-2 calendar weeks. 
    2. Case pre-study. The backbone of the studies is formed by the commercialization cases based on the Inno-Project. In the pre-study, the students analyze their local/domestic market for five of the cases. Workload 15 hours, 1-2 calendar weeks. 
    3. One week intensive study session at Aalto. Based on the customer and market input gathered in the Case pre-study, the student teams define initial solution for a startup. Workload 40 hours, 1 calendar week. 
    4. Concept validation and final report. In this phase, the students do validation of the concept with potential customers in their local/domestic market. The results of the validations are compiled by each team into final report, 15 hours, 1-2 calendar weeks. 

Assessment Methods and Criteria

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    • Online learning assignments
    • Case pre-study assignments
    • AMIS Summer School pitch
    • Final report 

Workload

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Multimodal teaching organized by AMIS partner

DETAILS

Substitutes for Courses
Prerequisites
SDG: Sustainable Development Goals

    3 Good Health and Well-being

    4 Quality Education

    5 Gender Equality

    6 Clean Water and Sanitation

    7 Affordable and Clean Energy

    8 Decent Work and Economic Growth

    9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

    10 Reduced Inequality

    11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

    12 Responsible Production and Consumption

    13 Climate Action

    15 Life on Land

    17 Partnerships for the Goals

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Information

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Teaching Language: English

    Teaching Period: 2024-2025 Summer
    2025-2026 Summer

    Registration:

    Only for AMIS students. A course implementation may be cancelled if the number of students enrolled to the course implementation does not meet the required minimum of five students. In the case of cancelled course implementations, the students enrolled to them must be provided with an alternative way of completing the course or be advised to take some other applicable course.

Rules of Conduct - Students´ Rights and Responsibilities (in force from 1 August 2020)

Aalto University Code of Academic Integrity and Handling Violations Thereof